Applied Microeconomics
Applied Microeconomics
The Applied Microeconomics research group unites researchers working on a broad array of topics within such areas as labour economics, economics of education, health economics, family economics, urban economics, environmental economics, and the economics of science and innovation. The group operates in close collaboration with the CAGE Research Centre.
The group participates in the CAGE seminar on Applied Economics, which runs weekly on Tuesdays at 2:15pm. Students and faculty members of the group present their ongoing work in two brown bag seminars, held weekly on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 1pm. Students, in collaboration with faculty members, also organise a bi-weekly reading group in applied econometrics on Thursdays at 1pm. The group organises numerous events throughout the year, including the Research Away Day and several thematic workshops.
Our activities
Work in Progress seminars
Tuesdays and Wednesdays 1-2pm
Students and faculty members of the group present their work in progress in two brown bag seminars. See below for a detailed scheduled of speakers.
Applied Econometrics reading group
Thursdays (bi-weekly) 1-2pm
Organised by students in collaboration with faculty members. See the Events calendar below for further details
People
Academics
Academics associated with the Applied Microeconomics Group are:
Research Students
Events
Microeconomics Work in Progress - Raghav Malhotra (PGR)
Raghav will present: "Introducing Market Segregation as a Policy Instrument" (with Yatish Arya)
Abstract: We consider a general equilibrium setup where some goods are equally endowed across the population(eg. time), whereas some are not. We then go on compare the effects of 3 policies, subsidies, direct transfers and a third policy which we introduce(market segregation). We find if inequality between individuals in the economy is large, and 鈥渘eeds鈥� are consumed in-elastically, our policy outperforms the others we compare against. We also partially characterize situations in which transfers perform the best. However, we prove that generically segregation and transfers should be used together are always welfare improving.
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